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    <center>Scilab Function</center>
    <div align="right">Last update : 05/07/2005</div>
    <p>
      <b>apropos</b> -  searches keywords in Scilab help</p>
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      <font color="blue">Calling Sequence</font>
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        <tt>apropos(key)</tt>
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        <tt>apropos(regexp)</tt>
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        <tt>
          <b>key</b>
        </tt>: character string. give the sequence of characters to be found</li>
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        <tt>
          <b>regexp</b>
        </tt>:  character string. give the regular expression to be found
	    (only with "Scilab Browser")</li>
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      <font color="blue">Description</font>
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      <tt>
        <b>apropos(key)</b>
      </tt> looks for Scilab help files containing
      keywords <tt>
        <b>key</b>
      </tt>in their short description section.</p>
    <p>With Scilab Browser only, <tt>
        <b>apropos(regexp)</b>
      </tt> looks for Scilab
      help files containing regular expression  <tt>
        <b>regexp</b>
      </tt>in their short
      description section.</p>
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apropos('ode')
apropos ode 
apropos "list of"

//next only for Scilab Browser
global %browsehelp;%browsehelp_save=%browsehelp;%browsehelp="Scilab Browser";

apropos "sin.*hyperbolic"
apropos "^ab"  //search help beginning the two characters "ab"
apropos "quadratic.*solver"

%browsehelp=%browsehelp_save;
 
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      <a href="help.htm">
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          <b>help</b>
        </tt>
      </a>,&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="man.htm">
        <tt>
          <b>man</b>
        </tt>
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